Ro Di BrezzoDecember 10, 2010

Chancellor’s Administrative Policy Council

By Way of Introductions

• Exercise Science/Director of HPL

• Little known fact…

Chair of Faculty Senate

• Tendency to react• Established Initiatives–Faculty Involvement

Initiatives

–Representing the “voice of the faculty”

–Academic Integrity–Course Evaluations

ResearcherChecking It Out

• No position on a college campus that has changed more dramatically than that of DeanIn last 10 years moved from directly overseeing student activity- curriculum- personnel

Serious involvement in fund-raising1980 average tenure 12-15 years2009 average tenure 5 years

Role of Faculty• Conversely the role of faculty stayed

static–Teaching–Research–Service

• Perhaps more emphasis on research/funding in some disciplines

Hosted Faculty Forums

• November 11th & 17th

• Total of 175 faculty• 75-100 E-mails

Categories/ ConcernsMoney

SpaceCommunications

Retention

Growth

Money/Resources

And More Money

Money

Money• Salaries–Dr. Gearhart’s initiative–Merit Pay

• Stipends GA/TA–Not competitive- hurts recruiting

• Start up packages• Travel Money• Financial needs of students– Single Parents

Space• Classrooms• Labs–Supplies–Equipment

• Offices/ Conference Rooms–Educational access

Communications• Evaluation of faculty• Evaluation of Chairs/Heads• How decisions are passed along from Deans to

faculty• Open/Closed doors• Part of the solution vs problem– Not part of the discussion

Retention• Faculty feel as though they know students yet

the perception is we added ‘adjunct’ help not more faculty.

• Students don’t know they don’t know how to study

• Exposure to professors in major area sooner in their career

• FYE/ Intro to discipline

Growth the Good News

• Clearly has allowed us to add significant number of faculty for the first time in almost 20 years.

GrowthOverwhelming Concern• For some of the faculty, growth and retention

are at odds with each other.– Eg. Larger classes– Attendance– Advising– Honors students

Growth by Design• Raise grade point average• Respond to the needs of state• Develop areas of potential impact– Gerontology– Sustainability

• Graduate vs Undergraduate• If there is a ‘big picture’ faculty don’t see it

Odds & Ends• Increase in paperwork– Reports decentralized/resources centralized

• Feeling of doing more with less• Clinical track or tenure track• Faculty vs. Administrative growth• On-line programs• Fear of losing a line if tenure not awarded• Accrediting agencies

Generating Alternatives• Higher Tuition• Attendance policy• Better prepared TA/GAs• Teach a large class help with GA• Post tenure review• Merit Raise to high performers• Incentive grants• Joint ventures with different depart/college